Filed by The Mead Corporation
                         pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
                                and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under
                                           the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                        Subject Company:  The Mead Corporation
                                                    Commission File No. 1-2267




The following slide was included in the Investor Relations Slide
Presentation on November 29, 2001 prepared jointly by The Mead Corporation
and Westvaco Corporation (the remaining slides in the Presentation have
been previously filed by The Mead Corporation):


                       EVENTS SINCE MERGER ANNOUNCEMENT

 MEAD

|X|      Announced planned closing of consumer and office products Atlanta
         plant

|X|      Announced planned closing of printing & writing paper mill in
         Menasha, WI as part of divestiture of Gilbert Paper

|X|      Announced sale of a small business unit of consumer and office
         products which produced creative coloring products

 WESTVACO

|X|      Closed a paper mill, including 2 paper machines, in Tyrone, PA

|X|      Announced restructuring of consumer packaging operations and closed
         two plants in Richmond, VA, and Memphis, TN

|X|      Announced other restructuring and right-sizing actions which, in
         combination with the above items, lead to a $53.7 million pretax
         charge in fiscal 4Q01 and will lead to about $50 million a year in
         pretax annual savings

|X|      Announced plans to divest 170,000 additional acres of timberland



                           Additional Information

The Mead Corporation ("Mead") and Westvaco Corporation ("Westvaco") have
filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 on behalf of MW
Holding Corporation containing a preliminary joint proxy
statement/prospectus and other relevant documents concerning the proposed
transaction. INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE JOINT PROXY
STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC
BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION.
Investors may obtain the documents free of charge at the SEC's website
(http://www.sec.gov). In addition, documents filed with the SEC by Mead or
Westvaco with respect to the proposed transaction may be obtained free of
charge by contacting The Mead Corporation, Mead World Headquarters,
Courthouse Plaza Northeast, Dayton, Ohio 45463, Attention: Mark Pomerleau,
Director of Investor Relations (tel.: (937) 495-3456), or Westvaco
Corporation, One High Ridge Park, Stamford, Connecticut 06905, Attention:
John W. Hetherington (tel.: (203) 461-7500). INVESTORS SHOULD READ THE
JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS CAREFULLY BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING OR
INVESTMENT DECISION. Mead and Westvaco and their respective directors and
executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of
proxies from Mead shareholders and Westvaco stockholders, respectively, in
connection with the proposed merger between Mead and Westvaco. For more
information on who may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of
proxies, please see Mead's and Westvaco's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed
with the SEC on October 18, 2001.

Certain statements in this document and elsewhere by management of the
company that are neither reported financial results nor other historical
information are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such information
includes, without limitation, the business outlook, assessment of market
conditions, anticipated financial and operating results, strategies, future
plans, contingencies and contemplated transactions of the company. Such
forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are
subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which
may cause or contribute to actual results of company operations, or the
performance or achievements of each company, or industry results, to differ
materially from those expressed, or implied by the forward-looking
statements. In addition to any such risks, uncertainties and other factors
discussed elsewhere herein, risks, uncertainties and other factors that
could cause or contribute to actual results differing materially from those
expressed or implied for the forward-looking statements include, but are
not limited to, events or circumstances which affect the ability of Mead
and Westvaco to integrate successfully and achieve the anticipated benefits
of the transaction; competitive pricing for each company's products;
changes in raw materials; energy and other costs; fluctuations in demand
and changes in production capacities; changes to economic growth in the
U.S. and international economies, especially in Asia and Brazil; government
policies and regulations, including, but not limited to those affecting the
environment and the tobacco industry; and currency movements. Mead and
Westvaco undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise. Investors are advised, however, to consult any further
disclosures made on related subjects in each company's reports filed with
the SEC.